Bartering isn't any better than using fiat. Fiat allows economies to function at a level bartering can never approach. To say we 'need' money exposes your ignorance.
Here's a hint, capitalism isn't the problem. Capitalism allows us to do what we want, which means we can be greedy. Freedom is a two edged sword. One that I will gladly take cuts from while it enables our way of life. No one else is responsible for your safety but you.
I will never get how and why Apple shills defend the shit that Apple does.
They want the product because it looks fancy and they don't know any better about the specs to realize it's overpriced. Or they do know and don't care because it's a status symbol. Which is worse, really.
I mean the first iPhone couldn't even use the music on the phone for ringtones. There were like 10 pre-loaded rings and that was it. Meanwhile my Windows smart phone could use any MP3 on the SD card (which could also be used to play music). But people were lining up around the block for the iPhone even though it was objectively worse that the other phones at the time. It was just shiny and didn't require thinking to use, just blind acceptance.
is using a USB ethernet adapter preferable to a wireless access point that is close to my machine?
Almost certainly. Always go wired when possible. Not only will the wired device be faster, there will be more bandwidth available for other devices still using wireless. Wireless is a shared transmission medium you want as few devices using it as possible.
One account got banned from a local subreddit for posting with a < 60 day account. Then I forgot about that (wasn't a big deal) and posted in that same sub with an alt. So a ban for a small technical reason turned into getting banned from the whole site. Way to go Reddit!!
Over 15 years here. All gone over 'vote manipulation' which is a complete joke as Reddit manipulates the vote counts constantly. Only they can do that!
Good riddance. Lemmy and similar already have a better experience.
I built a better solution that doesn't require plugging anything in, so for me it wasn't useful. Bought a new car and now I simply use bluetooth for music. I see CarPlay has a wireless option now, I should look into that.
Buying RAM recently and people are reviewing the fucking RGB instead of the performance. Like, WTF are you doing with your life?
I managed to find some without gratuitous lighting effects thankfully.
